When they got home, they left food for the servants, and they were served with a warm meal, and they sat on the floor, with a low table in the middle.

Yao Chonghua looked at the staple food of corn porridge, a bowl of stewed pork ribs, and two small vegetables, and his appetite was greatly aroused, and he finally didn't have to nibble on steamed cakes anymore.

Wake up to now eat steamed cakes, the throat is particularly easy to dry, the water is still less, I feel that I am about to catch fire, and after Gao Tao lifted the pottery bowl to drink porridge, Shen Tu Ke Yu Lei couldn't help it, and hurriedly comforted his five internal organs temple.

Yao Chonghua, who was originally drooling, was dumbfounded, they actually grabbed food directly with their hands like in India, and they hadn't washed their hands just now......

The legend of chopsticks was invented by the king of Shang, when the imperial kitchen served food to the king of the fire, the king of the soup was too hot, and wanted to kill the imperial chef, Daji pulled out the hairpin on his head to feed the king of the food, the imperial kitchen was let go, and later the folk became popular to eat food with chopsticks, and the chopsticks were still called "writing" at that time.

Now there are no chopsticks, Yao Chonghua can understand, but he just can't eat it.

Ren Ding saw that Yao Chonghua didn't eat, so he asked him, "Is the food unappetizing?" ”

Yao Chonghua shook his head, he actually wanted to eat.

Ren Ding thought for a while: "Now that the flood has just passed, there is not much food that can be exchanged, the meat is pork raised by the servants themselves, and the vegetables are grown by me. ”

Ren Ding, didn't he think he hated that the food was not rich, Yao Chonghua didn't have the bad habit of eating and drinking other people's things for nothing and picking and choosing, "Madam, Chonghua didn't mean that, he just felt a little hot, and wanted to eat it when it was cold." ”

Ren Ding suddenly, he thought too much, how could such a young child have so many thoughts: "So that's the case, that god is depressed, you eat slowly, leave some for Chonghua,"

Gao Tao carved out a part of the bowl and said to Shen Tu and Yu Lei: "You eat like a hungry wolf, value Hua Duo Swen, I don't eat these things I set out, leave them for Chonghua." ”

Yao Chonghua looked at those dishes, even if the parts that were divided had been touched by his hands, but now he has to eat if he doesn't eat them, and the portion that is divided is his own, and if he doesn't eat it, he dislikes others.

Helpless, Yao Chonghua got up, went outside to pick up a relatively thin straight wooden stick, folded it into two sections, and wanted to use it as chopsticks, and saw that there were still a few people in the room who were stretching their necks to see what he was doing.

He handed them the sticks, and they all looked at each other, not understanding what he was doing.

Chopsticks shouldn't appear at this time, but habit dictates that Yao Chonghua really can't eat it empty-handed, so it should be that chopsticks have appeared for a few years, he smiled and explained: "Use this to pick up the dishes, and it won't be hot." After speaking, he picked up a large piece of pork ribs with chopsticks and put it into his mouth steadily, well, the meat is so delicious! Sandwich another dish, the dish is simmered in the soup of the pork ribs, the oil is enough salt, and it is also delicious.

"Just clip it like I did, you try."

Several people watched his movements, have to follow suit, but because of the unskilled always clamp badly, it seems a little cramped, after trying a few times, Gao Tao first picked up a vegetable leaf, carefully moved to the mouth but fell into the bowl with a "click", Gao Tao's face instantly became a little shy, causing the people at the table to laugh, so not happy.

Shen Di asked Yao Chonghua: "Ah Hua, is there anything special about this?" You used to eat like this? ”

"I didn't eat like this before, I just thought it was hot, but there are three benefits to eating like this." Yao Chonghua pretended to be mysterious.

Sure enough, everyone's interest was aroused, and Yu Lei couldn't wait to ask, "What benefits?" ”

"The first is that you can not burn your hands or your mouth, the second is to prevent bacteria from entering your mouth and prevent the occurrence of diseases, and the third is to use your fingers flexibly to develop the flexibility of your brain, which will become smarter and smarter."

"Smarter?" Yu Lei was excited when he heard this, "Then I will use it every day in the future!" ”

Gaotao here fell into deep thought, "How can this prevent disease?" ”

Gaotao is not a big leader who cares about people's livelihood, and the focus of attention is different from Yu Lei, "Our hands touch a lot of things every day, and there will be a lot of bacteria attached to it, if you eat directly with your hands, bacteria will follow things into our body, leading to the occurrence of diseases, and chopsticks will be much less bacteria than bacteria on the hands after washing, reducing the chance of bacteria entering the body." ”

"What is a bacterium? You also mentioned it when you told me about the method of boiling water, it can cause illness? ”

"It's just very small things, invisible to the naked eye, not all bacteria are bad, but many diseases and infections are caused by bacteria. The high temperature of boiling water can kill most of the bacteria. ”

Gao Tao persevered: "Since you can't see it with the naked eye, how do you know?" ”

Yao Chonghua didn't have time to speak, and Ren Ding replied: "Of course, it's because of Ah Hua's different eyes, he must be able to see a lot of things that we can't see, and it's a gift from the gods." ”

In ancient times, the level of knowledge was limited, and the diseased eyes were said to be the gift of the gods, and several people present nodded approvingly.

Ren Ding said to Yao Chonghua: "I have heard everything about the outside today, Chonghua is really a lucky star given to Dongyi by God."

Yao Chonghua felt empty when he heard this, this was not something he found, but he couldn't explain it by denying it, "Madam, Chonghua is not a powerful person, but he thinks a little more than others." ”

Ren Ding said: "You, don't be modest, you don't know what people outside say about you today, they all say that you are a saint." ”

"I'm just a kid, the only difference from everyone else is these eyes." Yao Chonghua admits that he is telling the truth.

Yu Lei shrugged his shoulders, and then said encouragingly: "Don't look down on yourself so much, your eyes are already very different,"

Yao Chonghua was helpless why they couldn't understand his words, he was really not modest, and his innocent eyes turned to Gaotao for help.

Gao Tao said: "Last night and today, I have traveled a lot of places, and you have taught your method of boiling water to many tribes around Longshan, after each flood, there will always be a variety of epidemics of different sizes, sometimes the deaths are more serious than the war, this time the flood is the largest in recent years, the epidemic will be more serious than before, if the epidemic after this flood can be controlled, you will save thousands of people, Na Ren Ding They are right." ”

Yao Chonghua also had nothing to say, what he didn't understand was that Gao Tao was a big leader, with his knowledge, his experience was not abundant, how could he be convinced of a child's words?

……

The next day, Yao Chonghua and Shen Tu Yulei went to the Bi kiln again, and when Jiu Yi and several apprentices were making a new water tank model, "Make a few more spare, there are many failed products in the kiln, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to make one." ”

On the third day, there was little wood and clay left in the kiln, and he followed them to the outskirts of the city to cut down trees and dig clay.

At this time, Yao Chonghua had to sigh that Shen Tu and Yu Lei really didn't have a little bit of gold as a little master, playing with mud, digging mud and cutting trees were willing to do everything, and I have seen a few nobles in Longshan on the road in the past few days, not to mention playing with mud, even talking to servants and slaves is also a high-minded attitude, I don't know if this is the result of Gao Tao teaching well by example, or too free-range.

At the same time, I have to feel that the production tools of this primitive society are really backward enough, there is no knife for cutting trees, their tools for cutting trees are sharp stones, the tools for digging clay are rakes, and the combination of hard stones and wooden sticks is like a hoe but there are two more uneven toothed turning tools.

Yao Chonghua has no way to do this, the change of labor tools can reflect the level of productivity, and now the only metal products he has seen except for the three-legged tripod on the Mingtang is that some nobles have a bronze sword around their waists, which also shows that the production level is still relatively low, and bronze can also be used to make a plow, but the cost is high and the material of the bronze itself is relatively soft, and the forging temperature of the burned iron is higher than that of bronze, so it is more difficult to use the iron plow.

Yao Chonghua followed Shen Tu and Yu Lei to help Bi Bo kiln for several days, and finally said that the water tank model could be dismantled on the afternoon of the third day.

People nearby have heard that Bi Bao kiln to make a big water tank, these days every day people come to take a look, now I heard that it can be demolished, they have come to watch, especially the same Longshan kiln people, early to occupy a good position, "or the old Bi has a way, worthy of the old-timers." ”

Bi Bo was also very happy in his heart, but he was still a little worried, "This is not my method, it is Chonghua Xiaotong's idea, this is the first time I have tried, and I don't know if it can be done." ”

"Chonghua boy? It's talking about the child who let the aristocratic son run away on the street a few days ago? ”

"Exactly."

"I didn't expect him to be so powerful, I heard someone say that he was a saint a few days ago, and I scoffed, I didn't expect this person to have such outstanding wisdom."

"Since it is a saint's method, it has its own reason, and the chance of success will be greater."

"Yes, we have to think about the good, don't worry about it."

Yao Chonghua didn't know how others spread the story on the street that day, plus the conversation with Gaotao in the old Bi hall that night, the disciples who sat down were also very convinced, and praised Yao Chonghua in private, Yao Chonghua always attracted attention when he walked on the road.

In order to avoid too many remarks and questions, Yao Chonghua mixed with the children, these children don't understand so much, even if their eyes are different, but when they see Shen Di and Yu Lei playing well with him, they won't treat him specially.

When Jiuyao carefully pulled up the middle stump, every small jam and pause, all of which attracted everyone to secretly lift their anger, for fear that Jiuyao would accidentally damage the model, when Jiuyao pulled up the entire large stump but the inner wall of the water tank did not collapse, everyone cheered loudly, it can be seen how difficult it is to make large pieces of pottery, and how much they want to have, but this is not the last step, next, Jiuyao will remove the wood chips on the outer wall of the water tank one by one, and the successful removal of each piece of wood is a hope.

When the last piece of wood was removed, and the whole tank was still standing upright, everyone rejoiced, smiled, and some even danced, such a primitive way of expressing their emotions was particularly infectious, and the children danced around the adults without stopping.

The first to regain his senses was Bi Bo, he watched carefully around the water tank, and the kiln burners also came around, because they were afraid that the water tank would be easy to break, and they didn't dare to touch it with their hands, that is, they were eager to promote their feet for a long time, and they didn't want to leave.

Bi Bo hugged Yao Chonghua and proudly announced: "Tomorrow morning, the kiln will be officially opened." ”

The crowd cheered and danced again.